"There had been numerous demands, or numerous hopes, that the prime minister would follow the law and release the report to parliament," he said.

"I finally decided that so many people have been asking me about the report and wanting to see copies of the report... I finally made the decision to informally release it to the public."

The Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission was aimed at addressing ethnic tensions still lingering after violence erupted in Guadalcanal, displacing thousands of people, between 1997 and 2003.

The report includes findings on historical aspects of the conflict, human rights abuses, and lists 200 people thought to have died during the conflict and the circumstances of their deaths.

Reverend Brown says roughly 4,000 people were interviewed for the five-volume report, which he says is about 1,300 pages long

"It was really quite a chaotic time in the Solomons and the report tries to in the first volume explain that," he said.

Reverend Brown says he does not believe victims of the conflict have been adequately listened to.

"I think there's an awful lot of rumour around and the rumour is an obstruction to reconciliation."